Object Details
- Description
- One of thirteen (13) specimens of medicinal alkaloids and alkaloidal salts donated by the Powers-Weightman-Rosengarten Company (P-W-R) in 1922 for the pharmacy exhibits. Medicinal alkaloids and alkaloidal salts are physiologically active chemicals derived from plants. In the exhibit, specimens of medicinal alkaloids were displayed alongside specimens of the crude drugs and powdered drugs from which they are extracted.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Powers Weightman Rosengarten Company
- date made
- ca 1922
- Credit Line
- Powers-Weightman-Rosengarten Co.
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 8.89 cm x 3.81 cm
- Object Name
- pharmaceutical
- Other Terms
- Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Non-Liquid
